Diners and Coffee Shops

I'm curious as to what places have survived over the years and which ones have passed into history. In Oak Cliff, we have currently have Norma's, Tops, the Metro Diner and Mama Connie's in the traditional diner format. Some of the ones that have gone away are the Pitt Grill, the Steak & Egg Kitchen, the Chimes Cafe, and the Jimtown Cafe. I also recall that Kresge's, in Wynnewood, Walgreen's, in the A. Harris Shopping Center, and Woolworth, Preston Center, had lunch counters. Anyone have any current personal favorites or places that you fondly remember?

Not exactly in Dallas, but if you went on a trip, especially going east on old Highway 80 or I-20, there were lots of Terry's Restaurants.
They were nice places at the time - especially for breakfast - but sadly they went down hill over the years
Now they have all expired long ago.
You still see some of those old signature "T" signs along the road . They have been painted over where somebody has taken over the old location for a different use.

I remember the Terry's Restaurants quite well. They sprouted up east of Dallas about the same time Nickerson Farms locations popped up along I45, on the way to Houston. Every little town east of Dallas used to have a Pitt Grill too. Now, I think you are more likely to see Waffle House.

Anderson's was my favourite. As a little girl, I thought it was so cool coming in that back door, down that long walkway. And it wa so bright and shiny inside!

There was another coffee shop that ws my favourite. It was on Columbia, across from the Safeway and close to Hall's variety store. Mr George Kinzer owned it and it was a regular stop for us for years. It was also the first place I ever played a video game (Pong).

And then there was the coffee shop at Hart Bowl (does that count?). Also tun by George Kinzer and very close to where my dad and sister lived.

Hope - where was Anderson's located? I recall going there a few times circa 1964-65 and have wondered where it was.

Brownies on East Grand was a favorite. My mom and I were last there around 1986 on a trip back to Dallas and it hadn't changed. When did it close?

Brinks on Gaston (already mentioned here) was another favorite. We usually ordered fried chicken with a baked potato .The waitress (never recall ever having a waiter) would bring metal dishes of sour cream, butter, cheese, chives and bacon bits to the table and spoon out which ever you wanted as a topping.

There was another - I think it was Lynn's - across the street from Baylor Hospital and the dental college. A friend who worked at the college raved about the biscuits and gravy. She ate breakfast there almost every work day.

What was the name of the chain of diners that had the windmill on top of the roof? There was one near Hall's and the theater on Columbia. My dad and I would go to that one because he loved the Dutch apple pie with the lattice crust on top.

There was another in this area but I don't recall its name or exact location. It was in a strip center just south of Coumbia, perhaps on Fitzhugh.

When we lived in Lakewood we frequently went to one with waffle in its name, either Gaston or Abrams near their intersection. Usually went just for dessert because my mom particuarly liked the chocolate cake. They served single-layer pieces that were like brownies and completely covered with a thick frosting so hard it was almost the consistency of candy.

Around 1950 my mom and her mom lived in an apartment complex on Peak Street and she told me they often went to the Jumbo. She took me there once around 1964-65. Don't recall much about it but it looked like the typical diner. Mostly I was glad to be able to see a place she and my grandmother had remembered so fondly.

scwk0511 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> What about the Teak diner? No one ever talks about
> it, yet I remember it well. We used to go there
> even into the early 1990's. I
>
> Hope

Yep. I remember the Teak. When my eldest was a little girl, she once asked why the "Steak" restaurant was missing a letter. I finally realized she meant the Teak.

I had forgotten the Dobbs House restaurants. My grandad used to take my sister and I to a Dobbs House that was near Methodist Hospital during a period when my mama's only sister was in the hospital for several months. Those were the days when kids weren't allowed to visit in hospital rooms.

Kel's is still one of my favorite places to eat, as is Norma's. Hubbard's, in Garland, is another although they have almost outgrown their "diner" status. :-)

Bob Whites Bar B Q there on Gaston near Garland road was a great place, I would drive across town just to eat there. With their lunch they would serve several Vegetables fresh baked rolls and a desert.